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January-2021

President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Dr. ICMR successfully cultures new UK strain of

Justice S. Muralidhar as Chief Justice of Odisha

Coronavirus. No country has yet reported

High Court and Kumari Justice Hima Kohli as

successful isolation and culture of the UK-variant

Chief Justice of Telangana. Justice Pankaj Mithal

of SARSCoV-2.

will be Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir and TRIFED (Tribal

Cooperative

Marketing

Ladakh High Court and Justice Sanjib Banerjee,

Development Federation of India) signs MoU with

Chief Justice of Madras.

DAY-NRLM to boost livelihoods of SHG Women

Defence Ministry has signed a contract with

& Tribal Populations.

Bharat Electronics Limited for procurement of 10 The International Financial Services Centres

Lynx U2 Fire Control systems for frontline

Authority (IFSCA) became an associate member

warships of Indian Navy.

of the International Organisation of Securities

The Union government has selected actuarial firm

Commissions (IOSCO).

Milliman Advisors for ascertaining the embedded The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

value of Life Insurance Corporation of India,

(FSSAI) has capped the amount of trans fatty

ahead of its initial public offer. New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has

acids (TFA) in oils and fats to 3% for 2021 and 2% by 2022. Malayalam Poet and lyricist Anil Panachooran

overtaken Australia's Steve Smith and India

passed away.

captain Virat Kohli to be the No. 1 Test batsman Argentine filmmaker Pablo Cesar to head 51st

in the world in the latest ICC rankings.

IFFI''s International Jury.

Michael Kindo, a member of India's 1975 hockey Cabinet approves signing of Memorandum of

World Cup winning and the 1972 Olympics bronze

Cooperation between India, Japan on partnership

winning teams, passed away.

in 'Specified Skilled Worker'.

Leon Mendonca became India's 67th chess Alan Burgess, the world's oldest first-class

Grandmaster by winning his third and final norm

cricketer, has died aged 100 years and 250 days.

in a tournament in Italy.

Indian-American Raj Iyer has taken over as the

The appointments committee of the Union cabinet

first Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the U.S.

has approved giving an extension of one year to

Army.

ISRO chairman K Sivan.

Elon Musk has overtaken Inc.

V.K. Yadav, Chairman & CEO, Railway Board,

founder Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person.

Ministry of Railways has been conferred with the Fashion designer Satya Paul, who reinvented the

prestigious "Eminent Engineer Award for the Year

saree for contemporary women through his brand,

2020' by the Institution of Engineering and

passed away.

Technology (IET).

The Union Law Ministry has notified the

Slovakian tennis player Dagmara Baskova was

appointment of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia as the

banned for 12 years for match-fixing offenses.

new Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court.

New kids book "Vahana Masterclass" launched by Twitter permanently suspends US President

Italian Writer Alfredo Covelli.

Donald Trump's account.

Soma Mondal has taken over as the new Madhavsinh Solanki, Former Union Minister &3

Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited

time CM of Gujarat Passed Away.

(SAIL). She is the first-ever women-head of the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency

body.

Ltd (IREDA) virtually signed a Memorandum of

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Understanding (MoU) with NHPC Limited Lt. Gen. Konsam Himalay Singh Authored a Book

(formerly known as National Hydroelectric Power

Titled `Making of a General & A Himalayan Echo'.

Corporation), to provide its technical expertise for Neil Sheehan, an American Journalist and Pulitzer

developing renewable energy projects for the next

Prize-Winning Author Passed Away.

5 years.

The Reserve Bank of India has approved the re-

PNB Collaborates with IIT Kanpur &FIRST to Set

appointment of Vishakha Mulye as an Executive

up Fintech Innovation Centre at IIT Kanpur

Director of the ICICI Bank.

Campus.

CBoI Signs MoU with NABFOUNDATION to

Provide Working capital for SHGs to Undertake

`My Pad My Right' Project.

December-2020

The Union environment minister, Prakash Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik has

Javadekar has released a report titled the `Status

announced that India's biggest hockey stadium is

of Leopard in India 2018'. The States of Madhya

being set up in Rourkela city of Odisha.

Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra recorded NITI Aayog has launched indigenously developed

the highest leopard estimates at 3,421, 1,783, and

India's first Digital Asset Management and

1,690 respectively.

Storage platform, called `DigiBoxx'.

The 9th edition of Sustainable Mountain The Ministry of Agriculture has declared

Development Summit (SMDS) held in Dehradun,

Lakshadweep as India's first Union Territory to

Uttarakhand.

become 100 per cent organic.

The UN Women and Kerala government have The historical fort cities of Gwalior and Orchha in

collaborated to establish India's first Gender Data

Madhya Pradesh have been included in the list of

Hub.

UNESCO's world heritage cities under its The

Consulting firm PwC India has collaborated with

World Heritage Cities Programme.

the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and

YuWaah (Generation Unlimited in India) to upskill

Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan launched India's first

300 million young Indians over the next 10 years.

indigenously developed `100 Octane premium

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the

petrol' through video conferencing. It has been

Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya

developed by Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT scheme. The main

(IOCL) at its Mathura refinery in Uttar Pradesh.

aim behind the scheme is to extend health Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off the

insurance coverage to all residents of Jammu and

country's first-ever fully-automated driverless train

Kashmir.

service on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro.

The Central Government has set up an Apex The Union Cabinet approved revised guidelines

Committee for the Implementation of the Paris

for Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcasting services,

Agreement (AIPA) for achieving its goals under

allowing 100 per cent foreign direct investment

the global deal. R P Gupta will be the head of this

(FDI) as well as increasing the licence period to

committee.

20 years.

Union Minister of Defence, Rajnath Singh has Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation

inaugurated the advanced Hypersonic Wind

stone of the 30,000 megawatt (MW) capacity

Tunnel (HWT) test facility of the DRDO in

hybrid renewable energy park in Kutch district of

Hyderabad, Telangana.

Gujarat. It will be the largest renewable energy

Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh

park of its kind in the world.

Vardhan inaugurated the meteorological centre India's first pollinator park with over 40 species of

(MC) of the India Meteorological Department at

butterflies, honeybees, birds and insects has been

Leh in Ladakh.

developed over four acres at Haldwani,

India's first Lithium refinery is soon going to be set

Uttarakhand.

up in Gujarat. Manikaran Power Limited, one of India's first hot air balloon wildlife safari in a tiger

the country's largest power trading and renewable

reserve was launched in the Bandhavgarh Tiger

energy company will invest around `1,000 crore

Reserve by Madhya Pradesh forest minister Vijay

to set up this refinery.

Shah.

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 HDFC Bank is the top-ranked company among New Zealand has declared a "climate emergency"

the 100 Banking, Financial Services and

and promised to make its public sector carbon

Insurance (BFSI) companies in the country, as per

neutral by 2025.

the BFSI Movers and Shakers 2020 report by The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the

Wizikey. ICICI Bank and State Bank of India (SBI)

banking licence issued to Subhadra Local Area

are ranked second and third, respectively.

Bank Ltd., Kolhapur, Maharashtra to carry on

India was placed at the 111th spot out of 162

banking business in India.

countries in the 2020 Human Freedom Index. The The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to

first three spots have been bagged by New

set up an Automated Banknote Processing Centre

Zealand, Switzerland and Hong Kong.

(ABPC) in Jaipur for the receipt, storage and

American media personality and reality TV star,

dispatch of currency notes.

Kylie Jenner has been crowned the highest-paid The Reserve Bank of India has announced that

celebrity of 2020 by Forbes.

the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system

According to the report released by the United

will be made available round the clock on all days

Nations Development Programme (UNDP), India has been dropped two spots to 131 among 189

of the year with effect from 00:30 hours on

countries in the 2020 Human Development Index.

December 14, 2020.

Norway topped the index, followed by Ireland, The six-member Monetary Policy Committee of

Switzerland, Hong Kong and Iceland.

the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), headed by

Sonu Sood has topped the first-of-its-kind '50

Governor Shaktikanta Das, has decided to

Asian Celebrities in The World' 2020 list,

maintain the status quo on policy rate amid sticky

published by UK based Eastern Eye newspaper.

rate of inflation.

India is ranked at 10th place in the `Climate

? The repo rate under the liquidity adjustment

Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2021'. The Nongpok Sekmai Police Station in Manipur

topped the list of best police stations in India. Chairperson of HCL Technologies, Roshni Nadar

Malhotra has topped the list of wealthiest women in India, according to the second edition of `Kotak Wealth Hurun?Leading Wealthy Women' report. Lahore, the cultural capital Pakistan, has been ranked as the world's most polluted city, according to air pollution data released by the US Air Quality

facility (LAF) has been kept unchanged at 4.00%. ? The reverse repo rate under the LAF has been kept unchanged at 3.35%. ? The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate have been kept unchanged at 4.25%. ? Cash Reserve Ratio ? 4% ? Statutory liquidity ratio ? 18%

Index (AQI).

ICICI Bank has announced that it is collaborating

The 20th edition of the Indian Ocean Rim

with Google to issue FASTag. It has become the

Association (IORA) Council of Ministers (COM)

first bank to join hands with Google Pay for the

Meeting via video conferencing under the

issuance of FASTag.

Chairmanship of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Ltd. has launched

The Hawker Culture of street food in Singapore

an electronic spot platform, "BSE E-Agricultural

has been inducted by UNESCO in its prestigious

Markets Ltd (BEAM)", for agricultural commodities

`Representative List of the Intangible Cultural

through its subsidiary BSE Investments Ltd.

Heritage of Humanity'.

Defence Research and Development

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched an

Organisation (DRDO) along with the Indian Navy conducted the successful maiden test trial of

initiative called, the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access

`SAHAYAK-NG' India's first indigenously

Facility (APVAX), for its developing member

designed and developed Air Dropped Container

countries. The bank has allocated USD 9 billion

from IL 38SD aircraft (Indian Navy) off the coast

for APVAX.

of Goa.

China has become the second country in the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has been

world to unfurl its national flag on the moon

nominated as the board member of the Global

surface.

Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI).

Bangladesh has signed its first Preferential Trade Managing Director of logistics major Transport

Agreement (PTA) with Bhutan, which will allow

Corporation of India Limited, Vineet Agarwal has

duty-free access to a range of goods between the

taken over as the new President of The

two countries and hence boost bilateral trade

Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry

between them.

of India (Assocham).

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 Zena Wooldridge from England has been elected 2020 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians

as the World Squash Federation President.

was awarded to Dr Carolina Araujo,

The International Golf Federation (IGF) elected

Mathematician from the Institute for Pure and

Annika Sorenstam as its new president effective

Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Rio de Janeiro,

January 1, 2021.

Brazil.

US-based Indian-origin health expert, Anil Soni Journalist-author, Raj Kamal Jha has won the 3rd

has been appointed as the first Chief Executive

Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for his novel,

Officer (CEO) of the newly-created "The World

"The City and The Sea".

Health Organization (WHO) Foundation".

Ranjitsinh Disale, has won the 2020 Global

Srinagar born Wushu coach and the first

Teacher Prize. He is the first Indian to win this

Dronacharya Awardee from the Union Territory of

award, which carries prize money of $1 million.

Jammu and Kashmir, Kuldeep Handoo is Lewis Hamilton has won the BBC Sports

appointed as the Ambassador of Fit India

Personality of the Year 2020.

movement.

M S Dhoni won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of

US President-elect, Joe Biden and Vice

the Decade.

President-elect Kamala Harris have been jointly The 2030 Asian Games were awarded to Doha,

named Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the

Qatar and the 2034 event went to Riyadh, Saudi

Year".

Arabia.

Pt Satish Vyas conferred Tansen Samman at the Madagascar has replaced the Maldives as the

World Music Festival.

host of the 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games due

Senior scientist Hemant Kumar Pandey has been

to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

honoured with DRDO's" Scientist of the Year Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis and

Award" for his contribution in developing several

Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas are the

herbal medicines, including the popular drug

2020 Male and Female World Athletes of the

Lukoskin meant for the treatment of leucoderma.

Year.

Srinagar based Amar Singh College has been Jehan Daruvala created history, as he became the

recognized with the `Award of Merit' in the 2020

first Indian to win a Formula 2 race at the 2020

UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural

Sakhir Grand Prix, Bahrain.

Heritage Conservation.

Virat Kohli became the fastest to reach 12,000

Ratan Tata honoured with "ASSOCHAM

runs in One-day International cricket. Kohli

Enterprise of the Century Award" for his

breached the mark in the third ODI against

distinguished contributions to the country.

Australia in Canberra.

International Union for Conservation of Nature

(IUCN) Asia Regional Office awarded Paul Sein

Twa, for Goldman Environmental Prize 2020 for

Asia.

November-2020

Union Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh The Navies of India, the US, Japan and Australia

Shekhawat has launched India's first solar-based

began the four-day-long phase first of the Malabar

Integrated Multi-Village Water Supply Project

naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal.

(IMVWSP) in Arunachal Pradesh.

The Bowring and Lady Curzon Medical College

The 27th edition of India ? Singapore Bilateral

and Research Institute in Bengaluru have been

Maritime Exercise SIMBEX-20 has been

named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari

organised in the Andaman Sea.

Vajpayee.

The 2nd edition of India, Singapore and Thailand SpiceJet has launched dedicated freighter

Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX-20 was

services connecting Leh with the rest of the

conducted in the Andaman Sea.

country. This is the first time a civil airliner has

The 30th edition of India-Thailand Coordinated

started freighter services to Leh.

Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) was held between the Malayalam film "Jallikattu", directed by Lijo Jose

Indian Navy and the Royal Thai Navy.

Pellissery, has been selected as India's official

Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) has

entry for the Best International Feature Film

conducted a three-day Tri-Service Combat

category for the 93rd Academy Awards.

Exercise code-named "Bull Strike" at Teressa The first solar power-enabled Textile Mill in Asia is

Island in Nicobar Group of Islands.

set to be set up in Parbhani district, Maharashtra.

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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually The Insurance Regulatory and Development

unveiled the `Statue of Peace' dedicated to Jain

Authority of India (IRDAI) has given its in-principle

Monk Acharya Shree Vijay Vallabh Surishwarji

approval for the merger of Bharti AXA General

Maharaj at Vijay Vallabh Sadhana Kendra,

Insurance with ICICI Lombard.

Jetpura, in Pali, Rajasthan.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

The Keetham lake, also known as Sur Sarovar, in

has enhanced the investment limits for Mutual

Agra of Uttar Pradesh has been added to the list

Fund companies for overseas investments.

of Ramsar sites. The Lonar Lake in Buldhana

Mutual Funds can make overseas investments

district of Maharashtra has been chosen as a

subject to a maximum of US $ 600 million per

wetland site of international importance under the

Mutual Fund, within the overall industry limit of US

Ramsar conservation treaty.

$ 7 billion.

The UNESCO has recently included Panna The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has handed

National Park of Madhya Pradesh under its list of

over the Lucknow airport to the Adani group on

Biosphere reserves.

lease for a period of 50 years.

The first coal-based power plant of Arab Gulf China recently launched the Chang'e-5 Lunar

country is being developed in Saih Shuaib, Dubai,

Mission. The mission is the first probe in four

United Arab Emirates.

decades to bring back rock samples from the

Cambridge Dictionary has named `quarantine' as

moon from its previously unexplored portions.

Word of the Year 2020.

Lt Gen Harpal Singh was appointed new

Russia successfully test-fired a Tsirkon

Engineer-in-Chief of Indian Army.

hypersonic cruise missile in the Arctic.

Greg Barclay of New Zealand has been elected as

Japan and Australia have signed a `landmark'

the new chairman of the International Cricket

defence pact in a bid to counter China's growing

Council (ICC).

influence in the South China Sea and over the Manipur's Gyanendro Ningombam was elected

Pacific island nations. The deal called Reciprocal

unopposed as the President of Hockey India.

Access Agreement (RAA) was signed between

Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad was elected unopposed

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his

for the Senior Vice President post.

Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.

The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) and the Uttar

Portugal MP, Duarte Pacheco has won the

Pradesh Forest department have bagged the first-

elections for the post the President of the Inter-

ever international award, "TX2" for doubling the

Parliamentary Union (IPU). The term of the Duarte

number of tigers in four years against a target of

Pacheco will be from 2020-2023.

10 years.

Bangladesh and US navies launched the Sadat Rahman from Bangladesh has been

`Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training

awarded the prestigious International Children's

(CARAT) Bangladesh 2020' to expand

Peace Prize 2020.

relationships and broaden maritime awareness Malayalam author, S Hareesh has won the JCB

between the two countries.

Prize for Literature 2020 for his novel Moustache.

Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga has Chen Meng beat Sun Yingsha to win her maiden

stated that the country will achieve zero carbon

International Table Tennis Federation(ITTF)

emissions by 2050.

Women's World Cup table tennis title in held in

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has banned the

Weihai, China.

Manta Urban Cooperative Bank in Jalna district of Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals in the

Maharashtra for six months for payment of money

final of Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL)

and loan transactions.

2020 to lift their fifth IPL trophy.

The Reserve Bank of India will evaluate the Daniil Medvedev has won Paris Master 2020 title

impact of multi-media public awareness campaign

in tennis defeating Alexander Zverev.

`RBI Kehta Hai', which was launched in 14

languages to educate the public about safe

banking and financial practices.

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October-2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated

a score of 81.6. It is followed by China (76.1) and

theAtal Tunnel. Atal Tunnel is the world's longest

Japan (41) at second and third spot respectively.

highway tunnel. Atal tunnel has been built, by the India has acquired the second rank in terms of the

Border Roads Organisation (BRO), under the

number of migrants going to the Organisation for

Rohtang Pass in the eastern Pir Panjal Range of

Economic Co-operation and Development

the Himalayas on the Leh-Manali Highway in

(OECD) countries and acquiring the citizenship of

Himachal Pradesh.

those countries. China retained its top spot.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the top destination

commemorative coin of `75 denomination on the

for attracting the highest number of domestic

occasion of 75th Anniversary of Food and

tourists visiting the state in 2019 as per the Indian

Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Tourism Statistics (ITS) 2020, released by the

India and Myanmar are working towards the

Ministry of Tourism. In terms of Foreign tourists,

operationalization of the Sittwe port in the Rakhine

Tamil Nadu has topped the list

state of Myanmar.

India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global

India has assumed the Chairmanship of the

Hunger Index 2020. As part of the United Nations International Day of

Governing Body of International Labour

Girl Child (11th October 2020), a 16-year old Aava

Organization (ILO), after a gap of 35 years.

Murto assumed the post of Finland's Prime

India and France were re-elected as the president

Minister for one day on 7th October 2020 to raise

and co-president of the International Solar

awareness about gender equality.

Alliance (ISA) for a term of two years at the virtual Singapore became the World's First Country to

meeting of the third assembly. Asan Conservation Reserve has become

attach Facial verification in the National Identification Database. The function is called

Uttarakhand's first Ramsar site.

"SingPass Face Verification".

Kerala becomes the first state in the country to fix Andorra has joined the International Monetary

the floor price for vegetables.

Fund (IMF), to become its 190th member.

Telangana Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao Indian-origin Wavel Ramkalawan has been

has launched the web portal `Dharani' for land and

elected as the President of Seychelles.

property registrations.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) will hold its

Annual Meeting 2021 in Lucerne-Burgenstock,

Microsoft has collaborated with the National Skill

Switzerland, from May 18 to 21, as against the

Development Corporation (NSDC) to impart

traditional venue of the ski resort town, Davos

digital skills to more than one lakh underserved India hosted the 19th Meeting of the Shanghai

women in India over the next ten months. The red cherry pepper chilli of Sikkim which is

Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Ministers of

locally known as the "Dalle Khursani" has earned

Foreign Economy and Foreign Trade.

the geographical indication (GI) tag.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the banks'

The Puducherry airport has become the first

maximum aggregate retail exposure limit to

airport of the Airports Authority of India (AAI)

entities with turnover up to `50 crore to `7.5 crore.

which is entirely solar-powered.

Earlier this limit was `5 crore. The decision has

The South Eastern Railways (SER) has launched

been taken to increase credit flow to small

the project, "Operation my Saheli" to enhance the

businesses.

security of women passengers in the train.

ICICI Bank has shut down his operations in Sri

India has been ranked 129 among 158 countries

Lanka after getting approval from the Sri Lankan

in the 2020 Commitment to Reducing Inequality

monetary authority.

(CRI) Index. The 2020 CRI index has been topped Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first

by Norway. South Sudan is the lowest ranking

cellular network on the moon.

country.

The government of India has appointed Dinesh

India has been ranked at 4th position, with a score

Kumar Khara as the new Chairman of State Bank

of 39.7 out of 100, in the Asia Power Index 2020,

of India for a period of three years.

released by the Sydney-based Lowy Institute. The Britain's Prince William and Naturalist David

United States has retained its position as the most

Attenborough have launched an "Earthshot

powerful country influencing the Asia Pacific with

Prize", with an aim to encourage change and

support to repair the planet.

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 Aishwarya Sridhar became the first Indian woman

the general theory of relativity. The other half

to win the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for

award.

the discovery of a supermassive compact object

Late Indian actor, Om Puri was honoured with

at the centre of our galaxy.

a Lifetime Achievement Award at the third edition The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to

of the India International Film Festival of Boston

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna

(IIFFB 2020).

"for the development of a method for genome

India-assisted Mangdechhu

Hydroelectric

editing". The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded

project in Bhutan has been awarded the Brunel

by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,

Medal-2020, an award conferred by the UK's top

Stockholm, Sweden.

engineering body, Institute of Civil Engineers.

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020 is awarded

Odia poet, Nityanand Nayak will be conferred the

to the American poet Louise Gl?ck.

prestigious Sarala Puraskar for his poetry work The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to

`Setebelaku Nathiba

award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the

The Right Livelihood Award Foundation has

World Food Programme (WFP).

announced the four winners for the 2020 Right In Badminton Nozomi Okuhara of Japan clinched

Livelihood Award (which is also known as the

the Denmark Open 2020 title defeating Carolina

alternative Nobel Prize) in Stockholm. The four

Marin in women's singles. In the men's singles

activists are Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, Nasrin

final, world number seven Anders Antonsen of

Sotoudeh of Iran, Bryan Stevenson of the United

Denmark defeated his compatriot Rasmus

States(US) and Lottie Cunningham Wren of

Gemke.

Nicaragua.

Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020

the men's 2020 French Open Title. In Women's

was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter(America),

single, Iga Swiatek of Poland, claimed a historic

Charles M. Rice (America) and Michael Houghton

win, by becoming the youngest women to win the

(Britain) for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.

title in the history of the championship. She

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was divided, one

defeated Sofia Kenin, of the United States and

half awarded to Roger Penrose for the discovery

became the first Polish tennis player to win the

that black hole formation is a robust prediction of

singles' Grand Slam.

September-2020

Flight Lieutenant, Shivangi Singh to become the India has been elected as a member of the United

first woman fighter pilot of India to fly the Rafale

Nation's Commission on Status of Women, a body

combat aircraft that was formally inducted into

of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

the Indian Air Force(IAF)

Central

Government has

constituted

The Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board

an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) to

(UTDB) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police

oversee the process of the corporatisation of the

(ITBP) signed a memorandum of understanding

Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). Defence

(MoU) to promote adventure sports activities

Minister Rajnath Singh is the chairman of this

at Tehri Lake in the state.

EGoM.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved Prime Minister Narendra Modi will digitally launch

the setting

up of 3-member

committee

the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada

headed by Lt.

Gen.

Shekatkar (retired)

Yojana. Along with the scheme, the PM will also

to review the effective utilisation of the Armed

launch e-Gopala application. The scheme aims to

Forces Headquarters Civil Services (AFHQ CS)

enhance fish production to 70 lakh

cadre.

tonnes by 2024-25.

India has withdrawn its participation from the India and Japan signed

multilateral Military Exercise "Kavkaz 2020" to be

an agreement concerning Reciprocal Provision of

held in Russia.

Supplies and Services between the Armed

The Lok Sabha has passed the Salary,

Forces of India and The Self-Defense Forces of

Allowances and Pension of Members of

Japan.

Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020 on 15 Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry have

September 2020. The bill seeks to cut salaries of

launched a toll-free mental health rehabilitation

all Members of Parliaments (MPs) by 30 per

helpline "KIRAN". The helpline was launched in

cent for a period of one year.

view of the growing incidence of Mental Illness.

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 National Nutrition Week is observed every year President of the USA, Donald Trump has

from 1st

September

to

7th

announced Wilmington, North Carolina as the

September since 1982 and can be considered a

first World War II Heritage City.

significant period to raise awareness on the The United Kingdom and the United Nations are

therapeutic effects of foods.

going to co-organise a global climate summit on

The Union Cabinet has approved the launch of

December 12, 2020, to mark the fifth anniversary

a "Mission Karmayogi" National Programme for

of the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement in

Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB).

2015.

According to the World Risk Index (WRI) 2020, The 10th Meeting of the BRICS High

India has been ranked at the 89th spot among

Representatives on National

Security

181 Countries. Vanuatu followed by Tonga topped

was hosted by the current chair of BRICS

the list.

i.e. Russia.

Time Magazine has released the TIME 100 Most The Environment Ministerial Meeting (EMM) of

Influential People List 2020. Prime Minister of

the G20 countries was held through video

India, Shri Narendra Modi is the only politician on

conferencing under the Presidency of Kingdom

the list.

of Saudi Arabia.

World Bank released the report titled "The Human The 1st World Solar Technology Summit was held

Capital Index 2020 Update: Human Capital in the

virtually. The summit was inaugurated by Prime

Time of COVID-19". India ranked 116 in the list

Minister of India Narendra Modi.

which is topped by Singapore.

India has entered into a Memorandum of

India has been ranked 105th position "Global

Understanding (MoU) with Denmark in the field

Economic Freedom Index 2020 Annual

of Intellectual Property (IP) Cooperation.

Report" by Canada's Fraser Institute, which has The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted in-

been released in India in conjunction with Center

principle approval to Vakrangee Ltd to set

for Civil Society, New Delhi-based think tank. The

up Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU)

list was topped by Hong Kong, followed by

to handle payment services related to bills.

Singapore.

IDBI become the first to implement the new

India has joined the group of top 50 countries in

feature of document embedding facility with Letter

the global innovation index for the first time,

of Credit (LC) / Bank Guarantee (BG) messages

moving up four places to the 48th rank.

over SFMS (Structured Financial Messaging System) platform of Indian Financial Technology

Switzerland, Sweden, the US, the UK and the

and Allied Services (IFTAS).

Netherlands lead the innovation ranking, and the The Reserve Bank of India has announced that it

top 5 positions.

will launch "Positive Pay System" for Cheque

The interim President of Mali, Bah Ndaw, has

Truncation

System from 01st

January,

named former Malian Foreign Minister Moctar

2021. Banks will be required to enable the system

Ouane as the new prime minister of Mali.

for all account holders issuing cheques for

President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi

amounts of `50,000 and above.

Mohamed has appointed Mohamed Hussein The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will implement

Roble as the new Prime Minister of Somalia.

the "Technology Vision for Cyber Security' for

Former rebel military commander, Ishmael

Urban Co-operative Banks (2020-2023) to

Toroama has been elected as president

enhance the IT security system of Urban Co-

of Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua

operative banking to prevent, detect, respond to

New Guinea.

and recover from cyber-attacks.

Mexico has become the first country in the world State Bank of India is planning to launch a loan

to issue a sovereign bond linked to

product named "SAFAL" for organic cotton

the sustainable development goals set by

growers. The product Safe and Fast Agriculture

the United Nations. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide

Loan (SAFAL) is primarily focussed on organic cotton growers who don't have any credit history.

Suga has been elected as the new Chief of The Priority

Sector

country's ruling, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

Lending (PSL) Guidelines have been reviewed by

and Prime Minister-designate of Japan. Government of Australia has appointed former

the Reserve Bank of India. In the revised PSL Guidelines, the Reserve Bank of India

cricketer, Matthew Hayden and Indian-origin

has included some fresh categories eligible for

politician Lisa Singh as trade envoys for

finance under priority sector. These include loans

advancing business ties with India.

to farmers for installation of solar power plants;

loans for establishment of Compressed Bio

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